Vancouver

Ancestral Foodways Collective Society is listed on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list and on the Canadian BDS Coalition Apartheid-Free Businesses and Organizations list.

Vancouver Tenants Union is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers to "join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation" (apartheid-free.org), and as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement, which calls on the Canadian government to impose a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel (armsembargonow.ca).

A Vancouver theatre company posted on its Facebook page on 2025-10-28: "We are #ApartheidFree", saying it is joining communities and organizations that "oppose #Israeli apartheid".

UBC Staff for Palestine is listed as a signatory on the Apartheid-Free Communities list and as an endorsing organization on the Vote Palestine website.

A UBC student club is named in a 2022 Ubyssey report as a proposer of an AMS motion that called on UBC to divest from nine companies, and appears on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list.

Sequoia Solution is listed as a signatory on the Apartheid-Free Communities list and as an endorsing organization on the Vote Palestine website.

A Vancouver congregation is on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list and posted on its Facebook page on 2024-10-17 an open letter it co-signed that calls on the Canadian government to "Expel the Israeli ambassador from Canada" and "Impose sanctions on Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli officials".

Jewish Faculty Network UBC is listed as a signatory on the Apartheid-Free Communities list and as an endorsing organization on the Vote Palestine website.

A Vancouver society is on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list and posted on its Facebook page on 2026-03-12: "Drawing Wisdom Decolonizing Society has pledged to be #ApartheidFree and oppose racism and bigotry by withdrawing all support to #Israel’s apartheid regime."

The Ubyssey reported in July 2024 that People's University UBC organized the UBC encampment that demanded UBC divest, boycott Israeli universities and institutions and condemn what organizers call a genocide.

The association adopted a member-submitted resolution at its 2024 annual general meeting that includes advocating the immediate divestment of Staff Pension Plan holdings and ceasing business with suppliers named in the BDS campaign.

Massy Books

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The Vancouver bookstore signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge and is listed as an Apartheid-Free business by the Canadian BDS Coalition, which defines this as a commitment to boycott Israeli and complicit products.

The Vancouver literary anthology publisher is listed as a signatory of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine

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The Vancouver restaurant signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers "to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

PACE Society published a statement on 2024-10-02 that says "PACE Society stands firmly in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement" and calls for "a total arms embargo on Israel."

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada

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Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada published a letter to Canadian MPs on 2024-12-11 that asks Canada to "Call for economic sanctions against Israel at the United Nations" and to call for "an end to all arms transfers to Israel."

The Vancouver arts society is named among 18 Canadian performing arts organizations in a March 2025 group endorsement of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and in the Writers Against the War on Gaza list of institutions endorsing the call.

The Vancouver book publisher is listed as a signatory of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

Leadnow's campaign page headed "Prime Minister Carney: implement an immediate two-way arms embargo against Israel" asks visitors to send "a message now demanding Canada condemn this attack and implement a two-way arms embargo against Israel". The organization is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement.

Canadian Memorial United Church is listed as a signatory of the February 2024 open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs that urges "halting further arms exports, alongside export and brokering authorizations, to Israel" (hrw.org, anglicanlutheran.ca, worldbeyondwar.org).